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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 3, 2008El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2008, 8:19 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2008, 8:19 PM MDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2008, 8:46 PM MDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon

County El Paso County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1886 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 040219
SVRPUB
COC041-040345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0113.080704T0219Z-080704T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
819 PM MDT THU JUL 3 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
  THIS INCLUDES COLORADO SPRINGS...

* UNTIL 945 PM MDT...

* AT 814 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS     
  LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD 
  THE SOUTH AT 11 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PETERSON AFB.
  SCHRIEVER AFB.
  SECURITY.

IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT PROPERTY BEFORE
THE WEATHER HITS. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST
PROTECTION.

LAT...LON 3868 10444 3868 10491 3879 10493 3882 10497
      3912 10501 3912 10445
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 348DEG 8KT 3890 10455

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 040239
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
839 PM MDT THU JUL 3 2008

COC041-040345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080704T0345Z/
EL PASO CO-
839 PM MDT THU JUL 3 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 836 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM
WAS CENTERED NEAR BLACK FOREST...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO
SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 7 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BLACK FORREST.
  NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS.


LAT...LON 3868 10444 3868 10491 3879 10493 3882 10497
      3912 10501 3912 10445
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 002DEG 6KT 3902 10474

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 040246
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
846 PM MDT THU JUL 3 2008

COC041-040255-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080704T0345Z/
EL PASO CO-
845 PM MDT THU JUL 3 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE. THIS STORM IS STILL 
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. PONDING OF WATER IN THE GREATER BLACK FORREST 
AREA IS LIKELY DUE TO THIS STORM. 

HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING MAY ALSO STILL BE IN THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3868 10444 3868 10491 3879 10493 3882 10497
      3912 10501 3912 10445
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 002DEG 6KT 3901 10474

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 6:41 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Fremont	14 hr
Jul 3, 6:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	92 min
Jul 3, 8:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	4 min
Jul 3, 8:42 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso, Teller	3 hr
Jul 4, 5:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers	2 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.